Search Results - "Americanization"

Monitoreo y evaluación de innovaciones del CGIAR en LAC by Navarro-Racines, Carlos

“…General overview of tools and processes for monitoring and evaluating innovations in climate services in the Latin American region. Presentation given at Latin American Climate Week 2023.…”
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Seed compositional and disease resistance differences among gene pools in cultivated common bean by Islam, F.M.A., Basford, KE, Jara, Carlos E., Redden, R.J., Beebe, Stephen E.

“…The NorthAndean gene pool is more like the Andean gene pool for phaseolin, resistance toangular leaf spot and anthracnose from Andean pathogen isolates, but more likethe Middle American gene pool for lectin, zinc, sulfur and resistance toanthracnose from Middle American pathogen isolates. …”
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Desarrollo agrícola por áreas demostrativas, aplicado en Uruguay by Marull, J.

“…In 1952, the Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences in cooperation with the Government of Uruguay, started a Demonstration Area in San Ramón, as part of the Technical Cooperation Program of the Organization of American States. …”
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Foreign assistance investments contribute to U.S. economic growth and employment by Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, International Food Policy Research Institute, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities

“…Research supported by U.S. foreign agricultural assistance has produced new wheat technologies now widely adopted by American farmers. Many American producers of sorghum now plant improved varieties developed through a sorghum research program sponsored by USAID. …”
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Allozyme polymorphism in tetraploid potato gene pools and the effect of human selection by Ortíz, R., Hauman, Z.

“…The genetic structure of Andean and Chilean potato farmer selections was investigated with the aid of nine isozymes, which have been studied in detail and used to characterize North American cultivars and advanced breeding lines. These isozymes are associated with the most-important agronomic or quality characters in the North American gene pool. …”
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Fluctuating milling quality in wheat: The Achilles Heel of Cereal Foresight Studies? by CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

“…presntation of preliminary findings at Latin American Cereals Science conference…”
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The 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment in Latin America: a synthesis by Garrett, James L.

“…This synthesis is based on discussions among some 30 Latin American researchers, technical experts, and policymakers who participated in the workshop. …”
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A land cover map of Latin America and the Caribbean in the framework of the SERENA project by Blanco, Paula Daniela, Colditz, Rene R., López Saldaña, Gerardo, Hardtke, Leonardo Andrés, Llamas, Ricardo M., Mari, Nicolás Alejandro, Fischer, Maria De Los Angeles, Caride, Constanza, Aceñolaza, Pablo Gilberto, del Valle, Hector Francisco, Lillo Saavedra, Mario F., Coronato, Fernando Raul, Opazo, Sergio A., Morelli, Fabiano, Anaya Acevedo, Jesús Adolfo, Sione, Walter Fabian, Zamboni, Pamela, Barrena Arroyo, Victor

“…It was developed in the framework of the project Latin American Network for Monitoring and Studying of Natural Resources (SERENA), which has been developed within the GOFC-GOLD Latin American network of remote sensing and forest fires (RedLaTIF). …”
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International prices and food security: An analysis of food and fertilizer price transmission in Central America by Perego, Viviana M.E., Brown, Melissa, Ceballos, Francisco, Hernandez, Manuel A., Berrospi, Maria Lucia, Pereira, Luis Días, Salcedo, Salomon, Benjamin, McDonald P., Flores, Luis, Mora, Elena

“…The report analyzes the extent to which international food and fertilizer prices have been passed through to Central American countries, their impacts in terms of household expenditure and income, and the effectiveness of government’s domestic policy responses in the face of high food prices. …”
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Microsatellite variation between an African and five European taurine breeds results in a geographical phylogenetic tree with a bison outgroup by Mommens, G., Peelman, L.J., Zeveren, A. van, D'Ieteren, G.D.M., Wissocq, N.M.

“…The genetic relationship between five Belgian breeds (Belgian Blue, Black Pied, Red Pied, White and Red of East Flanders, Red of West Flanders), an African taurine N'Dama breed and a captive American bison herd was studied by means of 31 microsatellite loci. …”
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Towards Smart Solutions and Climate Change Preparedness in the Ag Sector in the MENA (focusing Egypt) by Govind, Ajit

“…As part of the IFPRI Egypt Seminar in partnership with the American University in Cairo: “Climate-Smart Agriculture Solutions for Egypt”…”
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Climate-Smart Agriculture Solutions for Egypt: What IFAD can do… and can’t do! by Tremblay, Nicolas

“…As part of the IFPRI Egypt Seminar in partnership with the American University in Cairo: “Climate-Smart Agriculture Solutions for Egypt”…”
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Farm Households in Egypt: A typology of vulnerability to climate change by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, ElDidi, Hagar, Breisinger, Clemens, Kassim, Yumna

“…As part of the IFPRI Egypt Seminar in partnership with the American University in Cairo: “Climate-Smart Agriculture Solutions for Egypt”…”
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Al Youmna Fruits by El Said, Kassem

“…As part of the IFPRI Egypt Seminar in partnership with the American University in Cairo: “Climate-Smart Agriculture Solutions for Egypt”…”
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Climate-smart agriculture application at the Near East and North Africa region focusing on Egypt by Abdel-Monem, Mohamed

“…As part of the IFPRI Egypt Seminar in partnership with the American University in Cairo: “Climate-Smart Agriculture Solutions for Egypt”…”
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Transforming food systems under a changing climate in Latin America: A climate policy review by Martínez Barón, Deissy, Castellanos, Andrea, Gonzalez Rodriguez, Carlos Eduardo, Le Coq, Jean-François

“…Are Latin American national policies in line with their international commitments? …”
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Case study -- supermarkets and quality and safety standards for produce in Latin America: food safety in food security and food trade by Berdegué, Julio A., Balsovich, Fernando, Flores, Luis, Mainville, Denise, Reardon, Thomas

“…Drawing on case studies from several Latin American countries, this brief focuses on how supermarkets in the region have gone about imposing quality and safety standards on producers of fresh fruits and vegetables for the domestic market.…”
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Breeding and conservation programs with local communities by Mueller, Joaquin Pablo

“…Issues facing such breeding programs were analyzed in five examples of breeding programs for sheep, goats and South American camelids in communities located in the Latin American Andes. …”
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Fortaleciendo la capacidad de adaptación de los caficultores mesoamericanos by Eakin, Hallie, Castellanos, Edwin, Haggar, Jeremy

“…Universidad de California ; Inter American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)…”
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Pathogenic variation in, sources of, and breeding for resistance to Phaeoisariopsis griseola causing angular leaf spot in common bean by Pastor Corrales, Marcial A., Jara, Carlos E., Singh, Shree P.

“…We characterized 433 PG isolates from 11 Latin American and 10 African countries, using differential cultivars, isozymes, and/or random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. …”
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